How To Install libt3key-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libt3key-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libt3key-dev
libt3key-dev is:
The libt3key library provides functions for retrieving the character sequences used by terminals to represent keys pressed by the user. Although the terminfo database provides part of this information, it lacks information for the sequences returned by modern terminals/terminal emulators for many combinations of modifiers with other keys. For example, many terminal emulators provide separate character sequences for Control combined with the cursor keys, which is not stored in the terminfo database.
This package contains the header files to compile programs against libt3key.
There are three methods to install libt3key-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libt3key-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libt3key-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libt3key-dev
Install libt3key-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libt3key-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libt3key-dev
Install libt3key-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libt3key-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libt3key-dev
How To Uninstall libt3key-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libt3key-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libt3key-dev
Uninstall libt3key-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libt3key-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libt3key-dev
Remove libt3key-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libt3key-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libt3key-dev
Remove libt3key-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libt3key-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libt3key-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libt3key-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
